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Vancouver weather by month

Vancouver runs from about 3°C in January to 19°C in July, with November the wettest month at 338 mm.

warmest month

July

19°C

coolest month

January

3°C

wettest month

November

338 mm

worst air month

September

20 µg/m³

The whole year, month by month.

Monthly climate normals for Vancouver
MonthAvg tempRainSunPM2.5
January3°C321 mm72 h12
February5°C144 mm146 h11
March6°C157 mm223 h10
April8°C112 mm262 h15
May12°C92 mm322 h15
June14°C97 mm345 h13
July19°C14 mm423 h13
August18°C78 mm347 h17
September15°C73 mm256 h20
October10°C313 mm184 h12
November6°C338 mm86 h10
December6°C279 mm92 h9

About 2,758 hours of sun a year. Roughly 194 rainy days a year.

These are long-run climate normals, not a forecast. A given year can sit well outside them. PM2.5 is a global model: near the coast it counts sea salt as fine particulate and reads high against ground stations, sometimes by a factor of two. Use the shape of the year, not the absolute number.

where these numbers come from

  • · Temperature, rainfall and sunshine: ECMWF ERA5 reanalysis climate normals via Open-Meteo (CC BY 4.0), fetched once and stored.
  • · PM2.5: Copernicus CAMS reanalysis, monthly means. Modelled, not station readings; near coasts CAMS counts sea salt as PM2.5 and reads high.

Last reviewed 2026-05-23. Full method, licences and the list of sources we rejected are on the methodology page.